I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

I ran urgently.

Panting heavily, I returned to the tiger grass once more.

“Tiger!”

“….”

There was still no answer.

“You have a friend you want to find, don’t you?”

Because surely in your heart, there’s a precious friend.

“Or maybe you have an owner?”

“….”

“Whether it’s a friend or an owner, you want to go see them, right?”

At those words, the tiger grass where Black Tiger was lying stirred for a moment.

I recalled the future.

Remembering the phrase from the newspaper article that read ‘The tiger wanted to return to where it used to live,’ I asked once more with all my sincerity.

“So you want to leave for the place where you used to live. Right?”

Finally, I was certain.

That I had correctly guessed the reason why this tiger had escaped.

Above the tiger grass, the tiger slowly appeared.

* * *

The military barracks of the Northern Rivera Grand Duchy, filled with prison bars.

Though no one knew, Black Tiger had been abused like the General’s toy.

Until then, no one knew that Black Tiger was a spirit beast.

“Ugh, now it’s a tiger with all its teeth fallen out, completely useless.”

“Its strength has weakened too. That thing is no good for war anymore, so let’s just throw it away.”

When everyone had always spoken only bad words about him.

There was only one being who had extended a hand to him.

“You… You’re a sick tiger.”

A boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, like a prince.

He had coughed and sneezed like a terminally ill patient.

Then, with his withered hands, he had carefully touched his body.

“You must be suffering a lot like me. Because you’re so different from others.”

Without knowing anything about his circumstances.

“I’ll come visit you often. Please stay alive until then.”

He had only heard a single sentence.

But sometimes, just one word can move the heart.

That’s why Black Tiger wanted to become friends with that boy.

However…

“Oh, come to think of it. About that tiger. There was an order to send it to the Ardos Ducal House.”

“I don’t know the reason, but send it over. We can’t use it in wars anymore anyway.”

Without knowing the boy’s name or identity.

He was dragged to the Ardos Duchy.

‘I want to meet him just once more, again.’

Before that boy with the incurable disease died, he wanted to see him.

But no one could understand the spirit’s words or read his heart.

It was the same at the Ardos Duchy.

“Why is that tiger acting up like that?”

“Maybe it’s because his health is poor. He looks like he might die soon.”

“I heard the Duke brought this tiger directly from the Military Barracks, but it’s sad that after all that suffering, he’s going to die.”

Then, he heard talk about himself dying.

So for the first time in his life, he mustered the courage to escape.

All to meet that boy again.

And so his body moved naturally.

‘Somehow I feel like I could help that child.’

And finally, Coco whispered softly.

“That’s right.”

Like a perceptive puppy who understood what he wanted, Coco said firmly.

“I’ll find that friend for you. I promise!”

At those words, the tiger spirit’s prickly fingertips trembled.

“So let’s get you healthy first.”

“…”

“It’s really cold here.”

Coco hugged the tiger who had hidden his claws tightly in her arms.

Due to their size difference, it actually looked like a tiger holding a day-old puppy.

“Really, there’s way too much wind blowing…”

Black Tiger gently held Coco in his arms.

For the first time in his life, he felt the warm warmth of a human.

* * *

“I brought Duke Ardos’s house-sized tiger spirit back alive!”

I gathered a total of three people, saying I had a very important announcement to make.

Sister Chloe, Ruth, and Dot. These three!

Actually, Sister Chloe was indifferent, but Ruth forcibly dragged her out.

Then, Dot, who was sitting with us, muttered awkwardly.

“…Um, Little Master?”

“Yes!”

“But you see. Where is the tiger…?”

Ruth also muttered with a bewildered expression, rolling her eyes around.

“I don’t see it?”

I blinked my eyes.

‘Ah!’

Come to think of it, the tiger hadn’t released its invisibility, right?

I stomped my feet and looked to the side.

“Ta-da! Black Tiger, show yourself!”

As soon as I finished speaking, Black Tiger slowly released its invisibility.

“Huh, huhk…”

The tiger politely bowed in greeting, then wrote letters on the floor.

[Hello]

In the quiet atmosphere.

Ruth’s mouth fell wide open.

“Am I dreaming right now by any chance?”

“It’s not a dream!”

“No, our grubby youngest brought home a tiger. A tiger…”

“Yeah!”

“But, well, really… Whether the tiger is writing letters or drawing pictures. Huh… I have absolutely no idea what it wrote.”

“It seems the tiger politely greeted us.”

“It said hello!”

“No, little grubby brought a tiger? This really seems like a dream. Pinch me.”

I firmly pinched the back of Ruth’s hand.

“It hurts… What, what is happening right now…”

In place of Ruth, whose mouth was hanging open, Dot spoke calmly.

“How on earth did you find the tiger? I heard that even when countless soldiers rushed at it, they couldn’t find it.”

“You see, I got lost while taking a walk. The tiger was randomly turning invisible and then visible again! So I thought it was amazing!”

“…And then?”

“I can talk to tigers, so I saved the tiger!”

Dot and Ruth’s eyes grew wide.

“Huh? How can you communicate with animals?”

“Such a special ability only exists in legends…”

They looked at each other with bewildered expressions.

It seemed they didn’t believe what I said.

“Do you have Animal Affinity?”

Regardless, I became happy and puffed up my cheeks plumply.

“Anyway, it seems you do have some kind of special ability. That’s good. That’s good.”

“Wububu…”

“I guess I need to prepare to accept you as my youngest sibling.”

“Wow! Sister Chloe’s sibling!”

I proudly stuck out my belly toward Sister to receive praise.

Come to think of it, I remembered Sister from the past who used to clap for me whenever I did something wonderful.

“Oh my! You brought socks? Our Coco is so strong!”

“Woof! Woof!”

“Oh, how admirable. Oh, how good. Oh, how pretty.”

This time I brought a spirit beast, not socks!

This time she’ll clap twice as much, right?

Just when my heart was pounding with excitement, Sister looked at me and said.

“I’m curious about what your true identity really is.”

It was exactly the expression of someone looking at a suspicious little kid.

And that was the end of it.

“What identity. Just a lucky little one.”

Ruth patted my head, but I became a little dejected.

‘Tsk… No Sister’s praise and no sweet potato either.’

Still, it’s a good thing.

Because I got one step closer to being Sister’s sibling.

‘The day Sister recognizes me isn’t far away!’

Once I receive the Duke’s affection and become Sister’s real sibling, Sister will give me lots of kisses again.

Like Ruth who was patting my head gently, I also energetically petted the tiger.

“Then, until the Duke comes, can we feed the tiger lots of delicious food?”

“Yeah, sure. It looks a bit weak. Hey, let’s tell Father that we’ll take care of the tiger instead of the researchers.”

“I’ll roll up my sleeves and help, Little Master.”

Right when Dot and I were spreading our wings of happy imagination.

Ruth looked at me with worry.

“Come to think of it, I’m suddenly worried.”

“Why?”

“You’ve never seen what kind of person our Father is, have you?”

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